Records made by Oliphant Miller

Records: 56

The following is a list of the records made by Oliphant Miller in species name order.

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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code(s) Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
29356 Acacia sieberiana var. woodii Aug 1953 OB Miller
OB Miller 1864 SRGH
Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

[See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
29683 Ansellia africana Sep 1955 OB Miller
OB Miller 2464 SRGH
Epiphyte on Dombeya rotundifolia Quaringa Farm, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B4 W 1480

Flower with dark red spots. [See note 16]

0
29845 Apodytes dimidiata Mar 1953 OB Miller
OB Miller 1663 SRGH
Fringing forest Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Tree to 18ft high. Fruits black on scarlet disc. [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
29483 Asplenium aethiopicum Jan 1955 OB Miller
OB Miller 2603 SRGH
Under rock Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

[See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
29485 Asplenium stuhlmannii Sep 1953 OB Miller
OB Miller 1869 SRGH
Under boulder Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

[See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
36171 Asplenium stuhlmannii Aug 1955 OB Miller
OB Miller 2952 SRGH
Ledge on rock Besna Kobila farm, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B4 PH83-39- W 0

0.000000 0.000000 5
30140 Bidens pilosa Jul 1959 OB Miller
OB Miller 5957 SRGH
Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

No white ray florets. Only 2 plants found. [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
29804 Biophytum umbraculum May 1957 OB Miller
OB Miller 4354 SRGH
Gap in stand of high grass Matopos, Farm Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1400

[See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
29482 Christella gueinziana Oct 1956 OB Miller
OB Miller 3735 SRGH
Damp soil under rock Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Fern. [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
29734 Cleome gynandra Jan 1954 OB Miller
OB Miller 2074 SRGH
Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Herb to 1 ft. Flowers: white, filaments dark blue. Vernacular Name: ulude. Leaves: cooked and eaten. Plant oily. [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
30099 Coccinia adoensis Feb 1954 OB Miller
OB Miller 2175 SRGH
Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

[See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
30147 Crassocephalum rubens var. sarcobasis Apr 1953 OB Miller
OB Miller 1762 SRGH
Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

[See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
30146 Crassocephalum rubens var. rubens Mar 1957 OB Miller
OB Miller 4202 SRGH
Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

[See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
29712 Cyathula cylindrica Mar 1953 OB Miller
OB Miller 1637 SRGH
In grassland Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

10 - 14 inch high plant with whitish flowers. [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
28421 Cyathula uncinulata May 1960 OB Miller
OB Miller 7341 On termite nest in sponge Tanglewood Farm, Ruwa 0 Zimbabwe 1731C3 C 1220

Sprawling plant.

0.000000 0.000000 0
29678 Cyrtorchis praetermissa subsp. praetermissa Apr 1957 OB Miller
OB Miller 4294 SRGH
Farm Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

Probably epiphyte but found lying on ground. [See note 16]

0
29480 Doryopteris concolor May 1955 OB Miller
OB Miller 2833 SRGH
Shady place among rocks Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 0

[See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
29679 Eulophia angolensis Jan 1956 OB Miller
OB Miller 3224 SRGH
Streamside Besna Kobila, Matopos, 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

A fine orchid. [See note 16]

0
29681 Eulophia streptopetala 7 Nov 1962 OB Miller
OB Miller 8294 SRGH
In patch of deepish soil over granite Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

Flowers- 3 sepals green, densely spotted with brown, 2 petals large-yellow above, yellow below - the small petal yellow with a brown smear at base. [See note 16]

0
29696 Faurea saligna Jan 1953 OB Miller
OB Miller 1466 SRGH
Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

20 ft high. [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
29716 Gomphrena celosioides Jan 1955 OB Miller
OB Miller 2651 SRGH
Shallow soil over rock, Farm Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

Flowers white. [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
29668 Habenaria filicornis Jan 1952 OB Miller
OB Miller 4092 SRGH
In grassland Besna Kobila Farm 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

[See note 16]

0
29672 Habenaria schimperiana Feb 1953 OB Miller
OB Miller 1581 SRGH
Farm Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Flowers white. [See note 16]

0
30055 Hypoestes forskaolii subsp. forskaolii Apr 1955 OB Miller
OB Miller 2747 SRGH
A herb among rocks Besna Kobila Farm 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

[See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
29587 Isolepis fluitans May 1953 OB Miller
OB Miller 1809 SRGH
In permanent running stream Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

[See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
29628 Juncus oxycarpus Nov 1954 OB Miller
OB Miller 2495 SRGH
Streambank Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

Inflorescence brown. [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
30061 Justicia matammensis Jan 1960 OB Miller
OB Miller 7089 SRGH
Shallow soil over rock Shumbashape, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B4 W 1490

[See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
68961 Kedrostis foetidissima Dec 1956 OB Miller
OB Miller 4001 C Jeffrey SRGH
Climbing on shrub Hillside Dams, Bulawayo 22 0 Zimbabwe 2028B1 W 1400

Flowers very pale yellow

-20.199930 28.620970 6
29976 Lantana camara Mar 1953 OB Miller
OB Miller 1627 SRGH
Shrub Flowers yellow, pink or red Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Shrub. Flowers yellow, pink or red. [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
52844 Lepisorus excavatus Nov 1957 OB Miller
OB Miller 4697 SRGH
Epiphyte on tree in high forest Pamushana farm, Nyanga district 0 Zimbabwe 1832B4 E 1770

0.000000 0.000000 2
22685 Lycopodiella caroliniana Mar 1959 OB Miller
OB Miller 1697 SRGH
Grassland Matobo, Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B4 PH83-39- W 1430

0.000000 0.000000 0
22709 Lycopodiella cernua Aug 1958 OB Miller
OB Miller 5389 SRGH
Streambank Matobo, Besna Kobila farm 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B4 PH83-39- W 1430

0.000000 0.000000 0
29465 Lycopodiella cernua Aug 1958 OB Miller
OB Miller 5389 SRGH
Stream bank Farm Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Sub-erect plant. [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
22708 Lycopodiella cernua Dec 1955 OB Miller
OB Miller 3201 SRGH
Damp ground Matobo, Chesterfield farm 0 Zimbabwe 2028B4 PH83-37- W 1370

0.000000 0.000000 0
29464 Lycopodium clavatum Nov 1957 OB Miller
OB Miller 4708 SRGH
In destroyed forest Farm Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1830

[See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
35027 Mohria lepigera Jan 1957 OB Miller
OB Miller 4068 SRGH
Under rock Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B4 PH83-39- W 1500

0.000000 0.000000 5
29931 Nuxia congesta May 1957 OB Miller
OB Miller 5286 SRGH
Besna Kobila Farm, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1490

Shrub 3ft high. Flowers cream - coloured [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
29885 Ochna holstii Jan 1953 OB Miller
OB Miller 1447 SRGH
Fringing forest Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Tree taken from coppice shoot. [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
52017 Ophioglossum thomasii Jan 1956 OB Miller
OB Miller 3305 PRE
Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos Hills 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1465

0.000000 0.000000 2
29512 Oplismenus hirtellus Feb 1957 OB Miller
OB Miller 4129 SRGH
Farm Besna Kobila, Matopo, Bulawayo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

[See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
30092 Oreosyce africana 14 Jan 1963 OB Miller
OB Miller 8339 SRGH
Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1370

Flowers pale yellow. A climbing cucurbit. [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
27640 Osmunda regalis Nov 1959 OB Miller
OB Miller 6065 SRGH
Under rock on stream Matobo, Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B4 PH83-39- W 1460

0.000000 0.000000 0
27641 Osmunda regalis Jun 1956 OB Miller
OB Miller 3599 SRGH
Damp grassland Matobo, Chesterfield farm 0 Zimbabwe 2028B4 PH83-37- W 1125

0.000000 0.000000 0
29469 Osmunda regalis Nov 1965 OB Miller
OB Miller 6065 SRGH
Under rock on stream bank Farm Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 0

Only one plant found. [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
29800 Oxalis corniculata Jan 1958 OB Miller
OB Miller 4960 SRGH
Mzvezve River, on Kadoma - Harare 57 0 Zimbabwe 1829B4 C 0

Flowers: pale pink.[This is var radicosa] [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
29799 Oxalis corniculata Jan 1955 OB Miller
OB Miller 2636 SRGH
In grassland Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

Flowers: yellow. [This is var. corniculata] [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
29802 Oxalis obliquifolia Dec 1953 OB Miller
OB Miller 2008 SRGH
In vegetable garden Matopos, Farm Besna Kobila 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Herb. Flowers: lilac, coloured with yellow base. [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
29801 Oxalis obliquifolia Jan 1953 OB Miller
OB Miller 1504 SRGH
Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

Herb: 3 - 4 inches high. Flowers: base yellow; apex pale pink. [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
29677 Satyrium trinerve Jan 1960 OB Miller
OB Miller 7062 SRGH
On streambank Farm Chesterfield, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B4 W 1460

Only 3 found [See note 16]

0
42065 Selaginella kraussiana May 1956 OB Miller
OB Miller 3558 SRGH
Pamushana, Inyanga 0 Zimbabwe 1832B4 VQ78-60- E 1830

0.000000 0.000000 5
29468 Selaginella mittenii May 1954 OB Miller
OB Miller 2391 SRGH
On steep bank of stream Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1220

Habit: Moss. [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
42099 Selaginella mittenii Jun 1957 OB Miller
OB Miller 4399 SRGH
Soil on streambank Besna Kobila, Matobo 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B4 PH83-39- W 1400

0.000000 0.000000 5
29481 Thelypteris confluens Oct 1959 OB Miller
OB Miller 6063 SRGH
Damp grassland Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

This and Pteridium the only ferns away from the protection of rocks. [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
30098 Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa Jan 1960 OB Miller
OB Miller 7112 SRGH
Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1460

Cucurbit. Scarlet to crimson. Fruit. [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
30110 Vernonia myriantha Aug 1953 OB Miller
OB Miller 1855 SRGH
Fringing forest Farm Besna Kobila, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1220

Branchlets sappy. [See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0
30103 Wahlenbergia napiformis Apr 1953 OB Miller
OB Miller 1763 SRGH
Besna Kobila Farm, Matopos 57 0 Zimbabwe 2028B3 W 1430

[See note 16]

0.000000 0.000000 0


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The Rwanda flora team (2025). Flora of Rwanda: Records made by Oliphant Miller.
https://www.rwandaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-records-by-person.php?person_id=40, retrieved 2 April 2025

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